food diary - am i eating good healthy food?

solarchick

hi guys, i need some advice on my food diary im not sure what changes i could make to make it better so any advice wud be great as im really new to this iv never had the will power to diet before.:D i dont have patience for making complicated recipes so i like to keep things basic! i cant eat milk or cheese at the moment so thats why i havnt included them in my diet.

monday:
breakfast
weetabix with hot water
banana
apple

Lunch
homemade chicken and veg soup
2 slices of homemade brown bread with small bit of butter and ham

Dinner
small piece of sirloin steak
Carrots
parsnips
cauliflower

"Dessert"
handfull of grapes and an orange with some natural yoghurt

2L of water
glass of orange juice

40 mins fast walk on the beach.

jam_mac_jam

No to orange juice, its just sugar. Apart from that I think fine, bread is fine if you dont eat much and if you make it yourself much better. I would have milk in the weetabix no protein for breakfast, you must be starving by lunch. Others will say fruit is bad, however I think this is fine. You may need to up your green veg however as this is only one day and you are eating veg twice this may be out of context.

yomchi

solarchick wrote: »

hi guys, i need some advice on my food diary im not sure what changes i could make to make it better so any advice wud be great as im really new to this iv never had the will power to diet before.:D i dont have patience for making complicated recipes so i like to keep things basic! i cant eat milk or cheese at the moment so thats why i havnt included them in my diet.

monday:
breakfast
Porridge oats (try it uncooked!) with soya milk (sweetened) topped with..
Blue berries
ground seeds and nuts (table spoon full Linwoods)
1 multi vitamin & multi mineral
1 gram of vitamin C

Lunch
Prawn salad with one slice of brown bread or
1 slice of grilled mackerel with fresh salad or
1 breast of chicken with fresh salad


Dinner
Salmon fillet baked with cracked pepper and garlic or Turkey mince mixed with chilli sauce, kidney beans, black eyed peas, legumes, don't forget some garlic!
Carrots
Brocolli
cauliflower

"Dessert"
handfull of strawberries with almonds topped with some natural yoghurt

2L of water
glass of apple juice/grape fruit juice not from concentrate

40 mins fast walk on the beach. Don't forge the rain jacket

I added a few bits in above, similar to some of the stuff I would include in a day. Don't worry about not drinking milk or eating cheese its negative effects outweigh any good it does. You can get all your calcium needs from vegetables and fish like sardines.

miss5

I think your diet is excellent, Have you tried supplements? if you feel
your lacking in calcium.

yomchi

You don't need a calcium supplement if you're eating decent portions vegetables and fish during the week as well as seeds and nuts. Natural calcium over synthetic should also be the first option, supplements secondary.

solarchick

thanks for the advice:) the thing is im not loosing weight after this kind of eating for nearly a week, its really frustrating i lost 4 pounds and then it went back to my original weight, and i dont eat massive portions so i dont think its that. and iv excercised every day apart from one day.. how long will it take before the weight starts dropping? hope somebody can enlighten me out there!!

yomchi

solarchick wrote: »

thanks for the advice:) the thing is im not loosing weight after this kind of eating for nearly a week, its really frustrating i lost 4 pounds and then it went back to my original weight, and i dont eat massive portions so i dont think its that. and iv excercised every day apart from one day.. how long will it take before the weight starts dropping? hope somebody can enlighten me out there!!

Be patient. Try not to keep a close eye on the scales.
What type of training do you do? What's the intensity of it?

Apart from that, what are your stats? Weight in KG's and your desired weight?

solarchick

i weigh 13st 3pounds but it goes up and down every day i was 12st 11 pounds on monday! i know i shouldnt be weighing myself everyday but its hard not too. should really dump the scales!! i do a 40 min walk most days fairly intense i would be sweating alot after it. are bananas really fattening? there so easy to fill you up and eat but iv been told there very fattening. i wuould like to lose a stone or two..i have no target yet, just want to lose SOME weight!!

yomchi

solarchick wrote: »

i weigh 13st 3pounds but it goes up and down every day i was 12st 11 pounds on monday! i know i shouldnt be weighing myself everyday but its hard not too. should really dump the scales!! i do a 40 min walk most days fairly intense i would be sweating alot after it. are bananas really fattening? there so easy to fill you up and eat but iv been told there very fattening. i wuould like to lose a stone or two..i have no target yet, just want to lose SOME weight!!

A banana is not fattening
Do you think you could fit your walk in before breakfast?

solarchick

so its not more fattening that othner fruits? so you mean walk before i eat breakfast? i would be starving and dont think id have the energy! is it better to do excercise in the morning

yomchi

solarchick wrote: »

so its not more fattening that othner fruits? so you mean walk before i eat breakfast? i would be starving and dont think id have the energy! is it better to do excercise in the morning

Well fattening is probably the wrong word. The average banana carries about 85+ calories but not empty calories. The more ripe the banana the more simple carbs it has, the greener the more complex carbs its has. Don't be afraid of the humble banana!

Before food in the morning the body will work off fat stores for energy so it would be worth the effort! Give it a bash and see how you fair out, give it two weeks.

Have you a heart monitor watch? These are good to make sure your heart is operating at rate that is best for fat burning.